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Hmm. I don’t know if anyone else believes this, but here goes a crazy theory. I’ve heard that the seal may be the River Styx, and I believe it. I think the seal itself fills up with water, and that becomes a portal to the underworld. However, here’s where the crazy comes in:

I believe that Rumpel was down there, but never actually died. The Dark One obviously can’t kill himself, but why is that? I think that the dagger has a fail-safe that transports the user to the underworld until another person is smart (or dumb) enough to seek it’s power again. This starts the circle of Dark Ones over.

So, my theory is that not only does the Dark One’s curse originate from the Underworld (or something else in Greek mythology), but that Rumpel, in his mortal body, was down there…completely alive. When I saw him kneeling in the snow in the promo, he did not look like wherever he came from was pleasant. It could have even contributed to his madness (though, I think that the dagger controlling him also causes his insanity).

That would mean that the laws of Once wouldn’t be broken, and dead would still be dead.

Who knows, Rumpel may have even met some of his victims down there. *shiver*

Actually when you think about it They have been combining a lot of the elements from the Olympian Gods & Greek Mythology into FTL who it’s entirely possible that is exactly where Rumple was but my money is that he was in OZ